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The genus Helicteres is in the family Malvaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Helicteres

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Helicteres angustifolia L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helicteres aspera A. St.-Hil. & Naudin	Accepted		TRO
Helicteres baruensis Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helicteres brevispira A.Juss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helicteres cana (Schott & Endl.) Benth.	Accepted		TRO
Helicteres carthagenensis Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helicteres corylifolia Nees & Mart.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helicteres dentata F. Muell. ex Benth.	Accepted		TRO
Helicteres elongata Wall. ex Bojer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helicteres gardneriana A.St.-Hil. & Naudin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helicteres guazumifolia Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helicteres heptandra L.B.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helicteres hirsuta Lour.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helicteres integerrima Korth.	Accepted		TRO
Helicteres isora L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helicteres jamaicensis Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helicteres javensis Blume	Accepted		TRO
Helicteres lanceolata A.DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helicteres lhotzkyana K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helicteres microcarpa Span.	Accepted		TRO
Helicteres muscosa Mart.	Accepted		TRO
Helicteres obtusa Wall. ex Mast.	Accepted		TRO
Helicteres ovata Lam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helicteres pentandra L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helicteres pilgeri R.E.Fr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helicteres prostrata S.Y. Liu	Accepted		TRO
Helicteres rekoi Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helicteres sacarolha A.Juss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helicteres semiglabra (F. Muell.) F.M. Bailey	Accepted		TRO
Helicteres semitriloba Bertero ex DC.	Accepted		TRO
Helicteres sundaica G. Don	Accepted		TRO
Helicteres trapezifolia A. Rich.	Accepted		TRO
Helicteres vegae Cristóbal	Accepted		TRO
Helicteres velutina K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Helicteres viscida Blume	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 134 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Helicteres. Of these 35 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 33 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Helicteres. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 134 species names for the genus Helicteres recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	35	26.1%
◕	Synonym	64	47.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	35	26.1%

All names

The status of the 167 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Helicteres recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	38	22.8%
◕	Synonym	94	56.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	35	21.0%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 134 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Helicteres, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	34	60	0	0	94	70.1%
	Low confidence	1	4	0	35	40	29.9%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Helicteres, are as follows: